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Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Advertisers can now use Walmart’s shopping data to target Disney’s streaming portfolio, which includes Disney Plus and Hulu, Adweek reports. The news comes after the companies announced a partnership between Disney Advertising and Walmart Connect, the retailer’s media business, on Wednesday.
As a part of the deal, Walmart advertisers will be able to match the retailer’s shopper data with Disney’s proprietary Audience Graph tools, help

Decentralized social media platform Bluesky has already racked up some big accomplishments. It's a rare example of a Twitter / X-competitor that has found success. Most other competitors, aside from the Meta-backed Threads, have since-closed up shop. In addition, Bluesky was able to rack up more than 3 million sign-ups during a period where users could only join the platform via invite. Since opening up to all, Bluesky has amassed more than 5.6 million users.And, Bluesky has been able to do all

Sometimes, this is me. | Screenshot: Apple Credit where it’s due: the commercial for the new iPad Pro is impeccable. In the commercial, a hydraulic press, like the kind that crushes Skittles all day on TikTok, slowly descends onto a whole amalgamation of artistic endeavors. As the large metal plate drops like Tesla’s stock in 2024, it crushes musical instruments and destroys classical sculptures. Tubes of paint pop like balloons sending a cascade of color across Apple’s careful

Microsoft has created a generative AI model for top-secret work within US intelligence agencies. This model is supported in an "air-gapped" environment, Microsoft's CTO of Strategic Missions and Technology William Chappell told Bloomberg. In other words, it's entirely unconnected, distinct from cloud-based AI models that are susceptible to hacks and data leaks.SEE ALSO:Microsoft to law enforcement: No using Azure OpenAI for facial recognition
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Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft introduced a compact mode for its Xbox app on Windows last year, which is designed to improve the handheld experience. While compact mode initially focused on UI improvements for small screens, Microsoft is moving on to tackling some of the challenges of navigating around the Xbox app with a D-pad and sticks.
In a new update for Xbox Insiders today, Microsoft is adding a new “Jump back in” feature that lets you quickly launch games you’

Microsoft launched a fiery Xbox controller on the same day it announced gaming layoffs. | Image: Microsoft Just hours after learning that Microsoft was shutting down a number of game studios this week, Dinga Bakaba, head of Microsoft-owned Arkane Lyon, decided to let the company know how he felt about the decision — right in public. “Don’t throw us into gold fever gambits, don’t use us as strawmen for miscalculations / blind spots, don’t make our work environments D

The LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG With eBay’s spring sale going on right now and running through May 12th, you can save an extra 15 percent on purchases when you use code SPRING15OFF. There’s no minimum purchase amount required, but you can only save up to $500 on each of the two maximum purchases you’re allowed to make.
There are thousands of electronics you can purchase in the sale, but I want to shout out the 48-inch LG C3 today

Is it true that all press is good press, or is Apple's latest iPad ad — involving a different kind of press — a poorly timed misstep that could actually cost Apple the business of AI-weary creatives? Because right now, creatives are expressing their distaste at the sight of their tools being cheerfully destroyed en masse in a hydraulic press to make way for a shiny new tablet. It may just be the exact wrong message at the exact wrong time.Tweet may have been deletedIt's nothing

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Epic Games and Apple are in court for evidentiary hearings for the next couple of weeks over whether Apple violated the anti-steering injunction set down by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in 2021 after their landmark trial.These hearings are going to be a lot of nitty-gritty details about App Store guidelines. Today, for example, involves a lot of questioning about buttons. (Apple restricts button styles for links that go outside of their in-app payment system.)
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Who watches the watcher watching The Watcher watching them? | Image: Marvel / Disney The Vision Pro is about to get what sounds like an honest-to-goodness mixed reality video experience from Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive, something the platform sorely needs. The companies announced What If...? – An Immersive Story, which they say is Disney Plus’ “first-ever” interactive original content. It’ll come exclusively to Apple’s VR headset and use a mixture of augm

UPDATE: May. 8, 2024, 3:15 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with new preorder listings at Target and Walmart.PRE-ORDER NOW: The new Apple iPad Air (2024) is available for preorder through the Apple Store as of May 7. The 11-inch model starts at $599 and the 13-inch model starts at $799. Both will ship as soon as May 15.Where to preorder the new iPad Air:The Apple StoreApple iPad Air 2024Starting at $599Pre-order NowB&H PhotoApple iPad Air 2024Starting at $599Pre-order NowBest BuyApple i

UPDATE: May. 8, 2024, 3:10 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with new preorder listings at Target and Walmart.Where to pre-order the new Apple Pencil Pro:The Apple StoreApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowAmazonApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowBest BuyApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowB&H PhotoApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowTargetApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowWalmartApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order Now
May 7 marks the last leg of the Apple product drop trifecta that started in the fall of

UPDATE: May. 8, 2024, 3:10 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with a new Target preorder listing.Where to pre-order the new Apple Magic Keyboard:The Apple StoreApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order NowAmazonApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order NowBest BuyApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order NowB&H PhotoApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order NowTargetApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStaring at $299Pre-orde

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The Office fans, rejoice! Peacock has picked up a new comedy series set in the same world as the beloved sitcom.The as-yet untitled spinoff comes to us courtesy of Greg Daniels, who led the American adaptation of The Office, and Michael Koman (Nathan for You, Girls5eva, How to with John Wilson). While the series does not have a release date yet, Peacock has already announced some key cast members and the new show's plotline. Here's everything you need to know about The Office spinoff.SEE ALSO:Al

Say Aloe to my little friend. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple and Sonos aren’t the only companies dominating the headlines with new devices this week. Google also officially announced the Pixel 8A following weeks of rumors, introducing the forthcoming handset a full week ahead of Google I/O 2024. The phone launches on May 14th, but you can preorder an unlocked model from Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store starting at $499 with a $100 gift card.As expected, the upcoming Pixel 8A

Newer shows like Abbott Elementary have proven that there’s still interest in mockumentary-style TV more than a decade after The Office came to an end, and NBC has plans to capitalize on the moment with a new series set in the same — apologies — universe Dunder Mifflin exists in.
Greg Daniels was responsible for adapting The Office for NBC, and the network announced today that he and Michael Koman are creating a new, untitled spinoff series for Peacock that will focus on &ldqu

Illustration: The Verge Google DeepMind is introducing an improved version of its AI model that predicts not just the structure of proteins, but also the structure of “all life’s molecules.” The work from the new model, AlphaFold 3, will help researchers in medicine, agriculture, materials science, and drug development test potential discoveries.
Previous versions of AlphaFold only predicted the structures of proteins. AlphaFold 3 goes beyond that and can model DNA, RNA, and sm

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2023, Uber achieved an important milestone, earning more money than it spent for a full year for the first time. It was widely seen as a sign that the perennially cash-strapped business was finally on a more sustainable path.Today, there are signs that the journey may be longer than we thought.The ridehailing and delivery company reported a surprise net loss of $654 million for the first quarter of the year, as legal settlements and equity investments p

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Photo: LinkedIn I almost didn’t get Pinpoint this morning. Here’s what it taught me about B2B sales.
I’m kidding! But I have to admit something: I’ve been going on LinkedIn every day recently, and I’m having a great time. Last week, the company announced it was adding three games to its app, both on desktop and mobile, as a naked engagement ploy to get you to open the app every day. I hate to say this, but it’s working.
The three games are called Pinpoint, Cro

Sure, you could replace your old iPad with a new one. But what if you got an Android tablet for free instead?That's a deal Google is currently running on its U.S. online marketplace, anyway, as spotted by Android Police. Google will give you a Pixel Tablet (first released in 2023) for free if you trade in an iPad — and it can be as old as 2018's sixth-gen iPad. SEE ALSO:2024 iPad Air hands-on: Call me greedy, but I want more
What do you actually get for trading in an iPad?Technically speak

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel expects new export restrictions to China to impact its revenue for the next quarter, according to a new financial filing.
The US Department of Commerce said Tuesday it had revoked certain licenses for chip exports to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei. Intel said in its filing that the Commerce Department informed it Tuesday of the license change, which it said impacted the export of “consumer-related items to a customer in China, effective imme

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No-code startup Innoloft has raised €2mn in a new funding round led by Dutch VC firm Capital Mills. This marks the firm’s first investment into a German company. Innoloft’s no-code platform enables businesses to build web applications without any programming knowledge. Founded in 2019, the startup now counts over 70,000 end-users and includes customers such as Deutsche Telekom, Aachen University, and German state governments. With the new funding, Innoloft plans to accelerate p

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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge One of Android’s best new features, Circle to Search, is unfortunately not available to iPhone users. But Google is throwing Apple fans a bone with a solution that essentially replicates the function.
Google’s design manager for Google Lens, Minsang Choi, shared a new iOS shortcut in a post on X that’s designed to leverage the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro devices. When activated, the shortcut takes a screenshot of whatever you’re

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images Stack Overflow’s new deal giving OpenAI access to its API as a source of data has users who’ve posted their questions and answers about coding problems in conversations with other humans rankled. Users say that when they attempt to alter their posts in protest, the site is retaliating by reversing the alterations and suspending the users who carried them out.
A programmer named Ben posted a screenshot yesterday of the cha

If you've been saying "Hey, Siri!" to your iPhone only for Apple's digital assistant to ignore you completely (rude), chances are the function hasn't been enabled yet.In order for Siri to work, you'll need to enable it on your iPhone before you can have the assistant perform tasks like texting your friends or searching the internet hands-free. The process is a simple one and should only take you a minute or two. Here's what you need to do.SEE ALSO:Apple’s new AI: 3 ways Siri could beat Cha

Climeworks’ Mammoth direct air capture plant in Hellisheiði, Iceland. | Image: Climeworks Mammoth, the largest industrial facility yet built to filter carbon dioxide out of the air, just powered up in Hellisheiði, Iceland. It’s run by Swiss climate tech company Climeworks, whose clients include JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, among others.
It was the latest industrial plant built with the purpose of sucking carbon dioxide out of the air, a process called direc